Published on 12:52 PM, December 31, 2019

Girls do better in JSC

Students of Viqarunnisa noon School and College in Dhaka expressing happy feelings after their JSC results published on Tuesday, December 31, 2019. Photo: Amran Hossain

--JSC, JDC pass rate 87.90% this year

-- Pass rate of girls 1.61% higher than boys

--Barishal board do best with 97.05% rate

Girls have done better than the boys in Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations this year.

The photo is taken from Viqarunnisa Noon School and College (VNSC) campus in Baily Road, Dhaka on Tuesday, December 31, 2019. Photo: Amran Hossain Star

A total of 2,05,887 female students achieved better JSC results than the male students in 2019.

This year, a total of 12,46,529 girls and 10,40,742 boys passed the exams.

The pass rate of girls is 88.64 per cent and the pass rate of boys is 87.03 per cent.

Education Minister Dipu Moni announced the results after handing it over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this morning.